This designation signifies a best-in-class product among the thousands of software downloads available on CNET Downloads website. The award is given to software downloads that get perfect scores in five categories: Interface, Features, Functionality, Stability, and Download.
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 8.0 - April 6, 2009
ZoneAlarm® Pro 8.0 - April 6, 2009
ZoneAlarm® 8.0 - April 6, 2009
ZoneAlarm® Antivirus 8.0 - September 14, 2008
The PC Magazine Editors' Choice is awarded to products and services that stand out from and above similar products in their categories.
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Extreme Security - February 26, 2009
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.5 - June 12, 2006
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.0 - February 21, 2006
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.0 - July 13, 2005
ZoneAlarm® Security Suite 5.5 - December 8, 2004
ZoneAlarm® Pro 5.5 - November 18, 2004
ZoneAlarm® Pro - 2001
PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award Logo is a registered trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Extreme Security - April 2009
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 7.1 - April 2008
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® ForceField - January 2008

AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® ForceField - Winter 2008
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 7.0 - July 2007
LAPTOP Magazine call ZoneAlarm® Pro "The best solution for monitoring the health of your PC."
It also gave five out of five stars to ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.0. Laptop Magazine says, "ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite offers basic, but effective parental controls, and boasts a comprehensive anti-spyware utility that caught everything we encountered online. With the best firewall, the best anti-spyware tool, the best anti-spam tool, and nearly the best antivirus utility, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite is the top all-in-one security suite you can buy."
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Pro - February 2008
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.0 - October 2005
Showcasing more than 250,000 square feet of the latest consumer technology products and services, DigitalLife, Ziff Davis Media's leading consumer electronics and digital lifestyle event, selected ZoneAlarm® ForceField™ as winner of the coveted “Best of Show” award for the Software category. From an amazing variety of cutting-edge technology, the PC Magazine editors, led by Editor-in-Chief, Lance Ulanoff, were tasked with selecting the “Best of Show” across 12 categories. The winners represent not only the elite technologies found at the show, but the hottest products available for this holiday season.
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® ForceField™ - September 2007
Best of digitallife 2007 Award Logo is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.
The CNET Editors' Choice seal is the hallmark of good product design, performance, quality, and value and is awarded only to products and services that our editors feel are outstanding in their class. CNET editors say, "In the boldest security-software move we've seen, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.5 and ZoneAlarm Pro 6.5 have partnered with an identity management solutions provider to provide both offline and online identity-theft protection, making this suite well worth the price."
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 7.0 - January 2007
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.5 - June 2006
ZoneAlarm® Pro 6.5 - June 2006
ZoneAlarm® Antivirus 6.5 - June 2006
ZoneAlarm® Anti-Spyware 6.5 - June 2006
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 6.0 - July 2005
ZoneAlarm® Pro 5.5 - November 2004
ZoneAlarm® Security Suite 5.0 - May 2004
ZoneAlarm® Pro - June 2003
ZoneAlarm® Pro 3.0 - March 2002

PC World editors gave ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite a very good rating, 88, and stated: "It performs well and is easy to use... ", PC World, March 2007.
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® Internet Security Suite 7.0 - April 2007
Award winning PC World editors evaluate hundreds of downloads and services based on features, design, and performance to determine the top 101 best freebies available today.
AWARDED:
ZoneAlarm® - May 2007
ZoneAlarm® - May 2006